Hillside-plow.



,y No. 667,558. Patented Feb. 5, |90l.

J. R. MCWANE.

HILLSIDE PLOW.

(Application filed Sept. 6, 190cm 5 INo Mollel.)

...IHM u ATENT OFFICE. A,

JAMES R. MCWANE, OF LYNCHURG, VIRGINIA.

HILLSIDE-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 667,558, datedFebruary 5, 1901. Application filed September 6, 1900. Serial No.29,210. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. MCWANE, a citizen of The UnitedStates,residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Campbell and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Hillside-Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hillside or reversible plows, and has specialreference to the beam-fitting therefor to provide a structure ofsufficient strength for hillside-work withoutliability of breakage ofthe beam, while also providing a sufficient clearance to obviate thechoking or clogging of the plow in foul or weedy land.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates improved means forassociating a curved or gooseneck steel beam with the cast standard of ahillside or reversible plow, so as to obviate the objections which existto the ordinary wooden or iron beam hillside-plows.

A further object is to provide an improved tting between the beam andthe standard, whereby the parts may be :readily replaced orinterchanged.

Heretofore two principal objections have existed to the ordinarywooden-beam hillsideplow. One of these objections is that the beam isvery likely to break in the heavy hillside, work,and as a matterof factdoes eventually wear out or become so brittle as to be unt for use. Afurther objection to wooden-beam hillside-plows is that the beam isalways fastened to the standard so low in front as to leave very littleclearance, and thereby rendering the plow liable to ready choking infoul or weedy land. These disadvantages of the Ordin ary wooden-beamhillside-plow have been partially overcome by what is commonly known inthe art as the iron-beam hillsde-plow; but with an iron beam such as isnow in use it is impossible from a practical standpoint to get therequisite clearance in front without making the beam too heavy foreconomical manufacture, and, besides, the ordinary iron beam is moreliable to breakage than a steel beam. While steel beams have beenconsidered and utilized in connection with hillside-plows, so as toovercome the objection of the iron and wooden beams readily breaking,still the straight steel beam, such as used, is open to the sameobjection as the wooden and iron beams in the particular of not leavingthe necessary clearance in front.

The present invention obviates all of the difficulties mentioned byassociating acurved or gooseneck steel beam with the standard of ahillside or reversible plow in the novel manner herein set forth.

With these and many other objects in view which will more readily appearto those familiar with the art as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated,and claimed.

While the essential features of the invention involved in the detachableconnection between the gooseneck steel beam and the standard arenecessarily susceptible to modication without departing from the spiritor scope of the invention, still the preferred embodiment of theimprovements is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis an elevation of a hillside-plow embodying the improvementcontemplated by the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe plow from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspectiveshowing in unassembled relation the matching portions of the standardand the rear leg of the curved or gooseneck steel beam. Fig. 4 is acrosssectional view on the line 4: 4 of Fig. l, showing the ush-ttingrelation ol the beam and the standard with which it is associated.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention it is the purpose to provide aconnection between the steel beam and the standard involving no changein the ordinary parts of the plow except the standard. In fact thepresent invention admits of the use of lall of the ordinary parts,except the standard, of a hillside or reversible plow, and therefore thewearing parts of the curved or gooseneck steel-beam plow areinterchangeable with the wearing parts of the old objectionablewooden-beam plow. Hence for illustrative purposes there is shown in thedrawings a type of hillsideplow with the curved or gooseneck steel beam,(designated by the numeral l.) The IOO said plow, in addition to thebeam 1, which in the present invention is really an attachment therefor,includes in its general organization the upright. standard orstandard-casting 2, the reversible plow proper, (designated by thenumeral 3,) which is pivotally hung upon the foot 4 at the lower end ofthe standard, so as to be capable of being swung to either side of thesame in the usual way, and the locking device 5, supported by thestandard and coperating with the plow proper, 3, to provide forfastening the same in its operative position at either side of thestandard. These are the usual parts or appurtenances of a hillside orreversible plow, and as no special claim is made thereto in the presentapplication further detailed description thereof seems unnecessary, itbeing sufficient to state that the said elements or parts of the ploware manipulated in the usual way and operate in the ordinary manner of ahillside-plow. The standard 2 also supports the usual plow-handles 6,which, however, are designed to have a bolt or equivalent connection 7at their front lower ends with the pendent curved leg portion 8 at therear end of the curved or gooseneck steel beam 1.

To provide for carrying out the present invention-that is, to effect thenecessary union between the curved or gooseneck steel beam 1 and thestandard 0r standard-casting 2- the latter is cut away or formed at thefront upright edge thereof with a curved beam-receiving seat 9, whichreceives in flush-tting relation the rear pendent leg portion 8 of thecurved or gooseneck beam 1. The said beamreceiving seat 9 is formed inthe process of casting the standard. y

As shown in the drawings, the seat V9 is preferably of the rabbetedformation and includes a pair of forwardly-projecting holdin gears 10and 11, projecting beyond one edge of the standard 2 and at one sidethereof, the said vears 10 and 11 being respectively located atthe upperand lower ends of the seat 9.

The lower holding-ear rises from the upper side of the foot 4 of thestandard, and thus provides at the lower end of the seat 9 a sideinclosed recess or socket 11, in which closely and snugly fits theextreme lower end of the pendent leg portion 8 of the beam 1. It willthus be seen that to provide for the fitting of the curved or gooseneckbeam to the standard it is only necessary to make a new standard or toform an old standard with the seat described, inasmuch as the wearingparts remain the same in the plow; but in order to secure a properconnection between the beam and the standard without interfering withthe use of the plow the portion of the standard tting the seat 9 isforged to the same thickness as the standard, particularly at the pointwhere the moldboard touches the standard upon the sides thereof.Therefore the beam may be properly said to tit within its seat 9 inflush relation to the side faces of the standard.

Upper and lower securing-bolts 13 and 14,

-or unscrewing of the bolt by respectively, pass through the upper andllower holding-ears 10 and 1l and the leg portion S of the beamfittingagainst the said ears, and the lower of said bolts14 alsopassesthrough a separate wear-plate 15, having a heel 16, seated in the notch17, formed in one side of the standard, at the lower end thereof,immediately above the foot 44 and fitting against the side of thebeamleg 8, at the extreme lower end thereof, and in opposition to thelower holding-ear l1. The said separate wear-plate 15 is formed in itsouter face with a socket 18 to receive the end of the lower bolt 14,while the head 14 of said bolt is squared and countersunk within thelower holding-ear 11, thus providing a construction in which both thehead and nut of the bolt are seated flush within the parts engagedthereby, so as to prevent wearing of the nut the friction of the land.Besides, the construction described provides an effective and secure'faste ning for the lower end of the leg portion of the beam. It will befurther observed that the leg portion 8 of the steel beam 1 preferablytapers toward its extreme lower end to tightly fit wit-hin the `recessor socket 11 at one side of the lower holding-ear 11, and also inasmuchas the pendent leg portion 8 of the beam lies at the front edge of thestandard the same constitutes a protective steel facing therefor.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and advantages ofthe hereindescribed improvements in hillside-plows will be readilyapparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and itwill be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hillside-plow, the combination of the standard, and thereversible plow, with a beam connected with the standard, and extendingalong and fitting against the front edge thereof so as to constitute aprotective facing for said front edge.

2. In a hillside-plow, the combination of a standard, and the reversibleplow, with a gooseneck steel beam detachably'connected to the standardand disposed wholly in advance of the front edge thereof, and fittedagainst said front edge so as to constitute a protective facingtherefor.

3. In a hillside-plow, the combination of the usual standard, and thereversible plow carried thereby, with a gooseneck steel beam detachablyconnected to the standard, and extending along the entire front edgethereof and fitted against said front edge and in ush relationtherewith.

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4.' In a hillside-plow, the combination of plow carried by the standard,with a curved or gooseneck steel beam, having its pendent leg portiondetachablyitted in said seat in flush relation io both of the side facesof the standard, said leg portion of the bearn being disposed wholly inadvance of the front edge of the standard.

5. In a plow ofthe class described, the oombination of the standardprovided at the front edge thereof above its foot port-ion with alongitudinal beam-receiving seat having a plurality of holding-ears, anda beam having` a pendent leg portion iitting within said seat anddetachably secured to said holding-ears.

6. In a plow of the class described, the combination ofthe standardprovided at the front edge thereof, above its foot portion, with a beam-receiving seat having forwardly-projecting holdingears arranged at thesame side of the standard, a beam having a pendent leg portion fittingin said seat and detachably secured to said holding-ears, and a side ofthe lower end portion of the beam, and

having an interlocking connection with the standard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES R. MOWANE.

Witnesses: Y

JOHN H. SIGGERS, FLORENCE E. WALTER.

